Weigel Broadcasting Standardizes on Thomson Video Networks for Me-TV Affiliates

Dorian Gentry | 04/10- 07:32 PM

RENNES, France — April 10, 2011 — Thomson Video Networks today announced that Weigel Broadcasting Co. has standardized on a channel delivery system from Thomson for its new Me-TV (Memorable Entertainment Television), the new digital classic television network. Affiliates of Me-TV will utilize a complete solution based on Thomson’s Sapphire broadcast server and ViBE EM2000 encoder.

Me-TV’s library includes series from Twentieth Century Fox Television Distribution and CBS Television Distribution, as well as independent series owners and producers. Me-TV’s programs are some of the best television programs ever produced, including “M*A*S*H,” “Perry Mason,” “The Mary Tyler Moore Show,” “The Dick Van Dyke Show,” “The Bob Newhart Show,” and the original “Star Trek” and “Hawaii Five-O” series, in addition to 60 other programs. A sister network to Metro Goldwyn Mayer Studio Inc. (MGM) and Weigel Broadcasting’s successful This TV, which launched in 2008, Me-TV is designed to air on the digital subchannels of local stations, and is expanding nationally after becoming a familiar part of the Chicago broadcast scene.

Front Porch Digital Debuts the Archive Format of the Future

Dorian Gentry | 04/10- 07:21 PM

OUISVILLE, Colo. — April 10, 2011 — Front Porch Digital today announced that its DIVArchive® V7.0 will mark the debut of the new Archive eXchange Format (AXF), an open digital storage format set to revolutionize interoperability among systems, making future media workflows more secure, seamless, and efficient than ever before. Being content and storage technology agnostic, the new AXF format provides the world’s most open, flexible, dynamic, and protected mechanism for file-based archive, preservation, and exchange.

“With interfaces to all leading broadcast devices, editing platforms, file systems, media asset management solutions, and broadcast control systems, our DIVArchive is history’s most successful and most implemented content storage management solution,” said Brian Campanotti, Front Porch Digital’s chief technology officer. “Front Porch Digital has now leveraged our unmatched experience to develop AXF, which we fully expect to become the long-awaited global, open, and portable standard for archiving and preservation of all file-based content. This format will become the new TAR.”

The Sports Channel of Israel Adopts Stergen’s 2D to 3D Conversion System for 3D Broadcasts

Dorian Gentry | 04/10- 07:17 PM

Stergen Hi-Tech is proud to announce that it has cut a licensing deal with the Sports Channel of Israel, also known as Sport 5. The Sports Channel has chosen Stergen Live system as the Channel’s conversion solution for its upcoming 3D broadcasts, starting on April 16th, 2011.

NewTek Reveals LightWave™ 10.1 Stereoscopic Camera and Interactive Production Workflow Enhancement

Dorian Gentry | 04/10- 07:11 PM

LAS VEGAS — NAB 2011 — April 11, 2011 — NewTek, a worldwide leader of 3D animation and video products, will showcase NewTek LightWave™ 10.1, the latest version of its Emmy® Award-winning 3D software, at NAB 2011 in Las Vegas. With advanced modeling and animation tools built to integrate into any production pipeline, LightWave 10.1 delivers new capabilities for 3D artists, such as a new off-axis stereoscopic camera rig option, an improved Viewport Preview Renderer (VPR), more powerful import and export capabilities with FBX, MDD, and integrated Autodesk Geometry Cache support, a new Skin material node, and more. Visit NewTek (booth SL4514) during NAB, April 11-14 at the Las Vegas Convention Center, to see the latest advancements in LightWave software.

Colorfront Debuts On-Set Dailies at the 2011 NAB Show

Dorian Gentry | 04/09- 06:59 PM

LAS VEGAS, NAB Booth C8615 — April 8, 2011 — The 2011 NAB Show marks the North American debut of On-Set Dailies, Colorfront’s sophisticated and innovative digital dailies system for filmmakers. First previewed in Q4 of 2010, On-Set Dailies has already been adopted by major studios, labs, and post facilities in the U.S. and Europe, and at NAB booth C8615 (Codex Digital), Colorfront will be demonstrating significant new enhancements to the system.

On-Set Dailies offers an all-embracing approach to digital dailies workflow, integrating all the necessary tools — including playback and sync, QC, color grading, stereoscopic 3D support, and audio and metadata management — and providing the ability to generate simultaneous faster-than-real time deliverables in all common file formats.

Developed by the team that won the 2010 Scientific and Engineering Award from the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences for Autodesk’s Lustre grading system, On-Set Dailies makes its NAB debut with a number of major enhancements.

Band Pro Brings Horseman TS-Pro to an International Market

Dorian Gentry | 04/09- 06:52 PM

Band Pro announces that they are now the dealer for Horseman TS-Pro made in Japan by Komamura Corp. for the Americas, Europe and Israel. The Horseman TS-Pro allows DSLR and digital cinema camera users to creatively control depth-of-field and perspective distortion through lens tilt and shift, as well as lateral and rise/fall movements. Such movements allow the shooter to selectively focus on a small portion of the image while leaving the rest soft, create miniaturization effects, and correct or exaggerate perspective distortion.

DASHWOOD CINEMA SOLUTIONS UNCOVERS V3.0 UPDATE

Dorian Gentry | 04/09- 06:47 PM

Toronto, Canada – April 8, 2011 – Dashwood Cinema Solutions, developer of 3D solutions, is pleased to announce another breakthrough in its line of cutting-edge Mac®-based, stereoscopic 3D products — Stereo3D Toolbox™ v3.0. Utilized by post-production houses around the world for professional stereoscopic 3D mastering on the Mac® platform, Stereo3D Toolbox™ is powered by Noise Industries’ FxFactory platform and designed to work with Adobe® After Effects®, Apple® Final Cut Pro®, Apple® Motion® and Apple Final Cut® Express applications. Groundbreaking new features in its version 3 update include streamlined and optimized code for faster previewing, real-time playback (with supported hardware), multi-input management options, and landmark parallax inspection and depth analysis tools. “Stereo3D Toolbox v.3.0 is the only solution that offers Final Cut Studio and After Effects users such a full-range of 3D mastering capabilities for projects ranging from low budget music videos to big-screen blockbusters. The faster preview speeds; coupled with its assortment of innovative features, will allow 3D post-production teams to work at elevated speeds with greater efficiency, ultimately saving thousands on costly productions,” says Tim Dashwood, founder of Dashwood Cinema Solutions.

POND5 CELEBRATES 5 YEARS WITH $100,000 STOCK MEDIA GIVEAWAY AT NAB

Dorian Gentry | 04/09- 06:27 PM

NEW YORK CITY and Las Vegas, NV (NAB), April 8, 2011—Pond5, the world’s fastest growing marketplace for creative components, is celebrating its five-year birthday at NAB in Las Vegas with a $100,000 stock media giveaway.  One thousand coupons, each worth $100, will be awarded to NAB attendees.  Coupons will be good for purchasing any stock media on the site, which features the world’s largest collection of royalty-free stock video footage, plus millions of stock photos, illustrations, music tracks, sound effects, and After Effects templates.  Since Pond5’s prices tend to be the lowest around, a $100 coupon can buy multiple HD clips and music tracks, with enough left over for photos and sound effects.

NewTek Announces Major Update to DataLink™

Dorian Gentry | 04/09- 06:20 PM

LAS VEGAS – NAB Show – April 7, 2011 – NewTek, worldwide leader in video and 3D animation products, announces DataLink™ 3.0, the latest update to the LiveText™ 2 integrated application that allows operators to pre-produce graphics and titles, and deliver real-time display of constantly updated information instantly to NewTek TriCaster™.
“The new DataLink 3.0 streamlines the configuration and management of data sources,” said NewTek Chief Technology Officer, Andrew Cross. “The added hardware sources and the support for RSS feeds provide a wide array of creative possibilities. DataLink 3.0 provides yet another advantage for TriCaster users who need to deliver constantly changing information that is accurate and looks great.”

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